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Owner's Manual
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The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. OR INJURY TO PERSONS The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicin
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Thank you for purchasing the Korg CX-3 combo organ. To ensure trouble-free enjoyment, please read this manual carefully and use the instrument as directed. About this owner’s manual How this manual is organized, and how to use it First read this manual carefully for important notes and to learn basic operation. “Introduction” explains the various controls and their functions, and how to make connections. “Basic operation” explains how to use the CX-3 (selecting programs, modifying the sound, mak
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Contents 5. Listening to the demo songs ................... 13 Introduction ............................................... 1 1. About the CX-3 ............................................ 1 6. Editing a program...................................... 14 Editing the drawbar parameters........................... 14 Main features ......................................................... 1 Copying drawbar parameters .............................. 14 The modes of the CX-3..............................
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Introduction 2. Controls and their functions Front panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 PHONES jack 10 In EX Mode and EX Edit mode, the sound is deter- 1. [EXPRESSION/OVERDRIVE] knob mined by the total of eighteen bars of both sets, This simultaneously adjusts the volume and distor- Drawbar 1 and 2. tion. When the volume is decreased, the low range The bars of Drawbar 1 are used to create the sound in and high range will be slightly emphasized. the same way as in Normal mode or Normal Edit mode. For more
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Introduction 4. [DISPLAY] key (p.7) 7. PERCUSSION section Each time you press this key, the contents shown in The keys in this section add an attack to the sound at the display will change. the moment that the note is played, giving the notes more definition. In addition, the display will differ for Normal mode and EX mode. These keys will have an effect when the Upper tone generator is used. For details on each key, refer to “Key settings in the 5. [EDIT] key PERCUSSION section” (p.12). Press t
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Introduction 10.ROTARY section Here you can control the rotary speaker effect. For details on each key, refer to “ROTARY section key settings” (p.13). 11.AMP section [MASTER LEVEL] knob This adjusts the volume. After using the [EXPRESSION/OVERDRIVE] knob to adjust the volume and distortion, use this knob to set the final volume. [TREBLE] knob This knob adjusts the high frequency range. [BASS] knob This knob adjusts the low frequency range. [REVERB OFFSET] knob This knob adjusts the reverb depth.
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Introduction Rear panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. MIDI IN connector 5. Power switch Musical data and sound settings etc. can be received This turns the power on/off. at this connector. Use this connector when you wish to play the CX-3’s 6. AC power inlet tone generator from a connected MIDI device. Connect the included power cable here. MIDI OUT connector After connecting the power cable to the CX-3, plug it Music data and sound settings etc. can be transmitted into an AC outlet. from this connector. Use t
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Introduction Connections Power switch to an AC outlet Power cable (included) PS-1, etc EXP-2, XVP-10 INPUT Expression pedal (included) Powered monitors, keyboard amps etc. Be sure that the power is off before you make 3. Pedal connections connections. Careless operation can damage your Pedal switch connections speaker system etc., or cause malfunctions. The rotary speaker effect, vibrato/chorus on/off, and program selection can be controlled by a foot switch. 1. Power cable connections The funct
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Basic operation 2. About programs 3. Playing the CX-3 The CX-3 has 128 preset programs (64 for Normal mode, and 64 for EX mode). Play using the drawbars In each mode, the programs are organized as banks A–H, with eight programs in each bank. Normal mode How a program is organized As an example, here’s how to play using front panel Drawbar 2. A preset program consists of the following four types of We will play the sound specified by Drawbar 2 across the settings. entire keyboard without splittin
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Basic operation 3. While playing the keyboard, pull out the various EX mode bars of the front panel Drawbar 2 section to create In EX mode you can use both the Drawbar 1 and 2 the desired sound. settings of the front panel. This means that you can create If only the 8' (eight foot) drawbar of Drawbar 2 is more detailed sounds than in Normal mode. pulled out, only the pitch of the key you play will be In EX mode you can use only the Upper tone heard. The volume will depend on how far you pull gen
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Basic operation 4. Try selecting other programs. 4. If you wish to add percussion, make sure that the Use the [+] and [–] keys to select the bank, and the Normal Edit mode Group 2 “DB Preset’s Perc” PROGRAM [1]–[8] keys to select the number. parameter is set to Ena, and press the keys of the PERCUSSION section. When you switch programs, the program parameters If this parameter is set to Dis, pressing the keys of the other than the drawbar settings will be reflected in the PERCUSSION section will
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Basic operation 4. Applying effects to your Dividing the keyboard into left and right performance In Normal mode, you can divide the keyboard into left and right to use the Upper and Lower tone generator Percussion separately, as if you were playing a two-manual key- board. You can use the keys and drawbars of the front panel 1. Make sure that you are in Normal mode. PERCUSSION section to add percussion to your perfor- For details on how to check this, refer to “Selecting a mance. program” (p.8)
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Basic operation How to check the “DB Preset’s Perc” parameter [SOFT] key This key switches the percussion volume (soft or 1. In Normal mode, make sure that the display shows normal). the program name. SOFT (LED lit): The volume of the percussion will be If the program name is not shown in the display, press less than when Normal is selected. the [DISPLAY] key several times. The soft and normal volumes can be adjusted by the 2. Press the [DISPLAY] key once, and check whether Normal Edit mode or
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Basic operation Key settings of the ROTARY section Reverb The [REVERB OFFSET] knob adjusts the depth of reverb. When the knob is in the center position, the reverb depth will be as specified by the settings of the program. The reverb depth can be adjusted by the Normal Edit mode and EX Edit mode Group 5 “Reverb Mix Level” parameters. [ON] key 5. Listening to the demo This key switches the rotary speaker on/off. If this is off, pressing the [FAST] key or [STOP] key songs will have no effect. Here
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Basic operation 6. Editing a program Copying drawbar parameters You can edit the sound or name of the selected program. The Drawbar 1 or Drawbar 2 settings can be copied When editing a program, it is a good idea to start by directly into the “UPPER” parameters or “LOWER” selecting the program that is closest to the sound you parameters of a program. want. As an example, here’s how you can use front panel This section provides several examples of editing that you Drawbar 1 to create a sound, and
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Basic operation Parameters unique to a Other editing combo organ The CX-3 has parameters that add various effects to the sound. Each of the factory-set programs has effect settings The CX-3 has various parameters for simulating the that are appropriate for their sound. distinctive sound of a combo organ. If you wish to make detailed adjustments to the sound of As an example, here’s how to edit the tone wheel, over- a program, you can edit these parameters in Normal Edit tone, key click level, an
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Basic operation Changing the program name when you save 2. Press the PROGRAM [7] key, and then press the You can modify the program name when you save. If [®] key once. you wish to do so, use the following procedure before The left side of the display will indicate Copy. step 1 of the Writing procedure. The copy source program number will be displayed at the right of this, and at the far right the copy destina- 1. Press the [EDIT] key to enter Normal Edit mode or tion program number will be di
